Rising numbers of elderly and obese organ donors are forcing surgeons to give
patients two unhealthy kidneys instead of one good one, or use livers packed
with fat “like foie gras”, the NHS transplant chief has said.

Despite record numbers of transplants, doctors are having to turn to organs
that have suffered “wear and tear” in older, fatter patients, said Professor
James Neuberger of NHS
Blood and Transplant (NHSBT).

More than a third of organ donors are now over 60, twice as many as a decade
ago, according to figures published yesterday. Donors over 70 have increased
fivefold, and now